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Journalist Shot In Ukraine Reveals Extent Of His Life-Changing Injuries

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Updated 10:21 9 Apr 2022 GMT+1Published 10:20 9 Apr 2022 GMT+1

Journalist Shot In Ukraine Reveals Extent Of His Life-Changing Injuries

Fox News' Benjamin Hall lost both of his colleagues in Russian shelling, while he just survived

Cameron Frew

Cameron Frew

A British journalist who lost two of his colleagues in a Russian attack has revealed the extent of his injuries.

Vladimir Putin's 'special military operation' in Ukraine is approaching its seventh week, with Russia facing several war crime allegations after the 'massacre' in Bucha and attack on citizens fleeing a railway station in Kramatorsk.

Benjamin Hall, a correspondent for Fox News, was riding in a vehicle with cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and journalist Oleksandra 'Sasha' Kuvshynova near Kyiv on 14 March when they were hit by Russian shelling.

Zakrzewski and Kuvshinova were killed in the attack, while Hall survived - if only just.

In a tweet - which has since been deleted - alongside a photo of himself on a stretcher with an eye patch, he wrote (as per The Times): "To sum it up, I’ve lost half a leg on one side and a foot on the other.

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"One hand is being put together, one eye is no longer working, and my hearing is pretty blown. But all in all I feel pretty damn lucky to be here - and it is the people who got me here who are amazing!"

In another tweet, Hall added: "It’s been over three weeks since the attack in Ukraine and I wanted to start sharing it all. But first I need to pay tribute to my colleagues Pierre and Sasha who didn’t make it that day.

"Pierre and I travelled the world together, working was his joy and his joy was infectious. RIP."

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At least seven journalists have been killed in the war in Ukraine: Yevhenii Sakun, Brent Renaud, Oksana Baulina, Maks Levin, Mantas Kvedaravičius, and Zakrzewski and Kuvshinova.

Dr. Richard Jadick, a combat doctor and Bronze Star recipient, flew out to Kyiv to help with the evacuation of Americans. He was informed they had to help a critically wounded patient, who turned out to be Hall.

He told Fox News: "I was there at the right place and at the right time... I saw Ben and I looked at him I said, 'Ben, you don't know me, my name is Rich Jadick, I'm a surgeon, I'm here to get you out of here.'"

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Jeanne Cavelier, of Reporters Without Borders, said: “As their reporting is essential in order to understand the war in Ukraine, and attacking journalists is a war crime under international law, we call on the Russian and Ukrainian authorities to guarantee their safety on the ground.”

If you would like to donate to the Red Cross Emergency Appeal, which will help provide food, medicines and basic medical supplies, shelter and water to those in Ukraine, click here for more information 

Featured Image Credit: Credit: @BenjaminHallFNC/Twitter

Topics: Ukraine, Russia, World News

Cameron Frew
Cameron Frew

Entertainment Editor at UNILAD. 2001: A Space Odyssey is the best film ever made, and Warrior is better than Rocky. That's all you need to know.

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